Museology & heritage studies Books

Since the crisis in governance which led to a shortage of capable board members, recent years have seen the emergence of the enterprising arts organisation - a development which has led to the need for new types of board members who have a greater...

The collection, interpretation and display of art from the People's Republic of China, and particularly the art of the Cultural Revolution, have been problematic for museums. These objects challenge our perception of 'Chineseness' and their style,...

Today's libraries and museums are heavily indebted to the passions and obsessions of numerous individual collectors who devoted their lives to amassing collections of books, manuscripts, artworks, and other culturally significant objects. Collecting the...

Visitor engagement and learning, outreach, and inclusion are concepts that have long dominated professional museum discourses.  The recent rapid uptake of various forms of social media in many parts of the world, however, calls for a reformulation...

This volume examines the implications and consequences of the idea of 'intangible heritage' to current international academic and policy debates about the meaning and nature of cultural heritage and the management processes developed to protect it. It...

Museums in the Material World seeks to both introduce classic and thought-provoking pieces and contrast them with articles which reveal grounded practice. The articles are selected from across the full breadth of museum disciplines and are linked by a...

Practical Considerations for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage examines theoretical issues relating to intangible cultural heritage policy and practice, whilst also proposing practical ways to facilitate the safeguarding of such heritage...

Experimental Museology scrutinizes innovative endeavours to transform museum interactions with the world. Analysing cutting-edge cases from around the globe, the volume demonstrates how museums can design, apply and assess new modes of audience...

Museums, Sexuality, and Gender Activism examines the role of exhibitionary institutions in representing LGBTQ+ people, cisgender women, and nonbinary individuals. Considering recent gender and sexuality-related developments through a critical lens, the...

Curating Lively Objects explores the role of things as catalysts in imagining futures beyond disciplines for museums and exhibitions. Authors describe how their curatorial collaborations with diverse objects, from rocks to robots, generate new ways of...

Museums must change to illuminate the histories, cultures, and social issues that matter to their local population. Based on a unique longitudinal ethnographic study, Transforming Museum Management illustrates how a traditional art museum attempted to...

Das Buch ""Das Nordische Museum in Stockholm (1888)"" von Museet, Nordiska ist ein umfassendes Werk �����ber das Museum, das sich der nordischen Kultur und Geschichte widmet. Es wurde erstmals im Jahr 1888 ver������ffentlicht und bietet eine detaillierte...

Das Buch ""Das Museum f�����r Nordische Alterth�����mer in Kopenhagen (1880)"" von C. Engelhardt beschreibt das Museum f�����r Nordische Altert�����mer in Kopenhagen, das 1807 gegr�����ndet wurde und eine der wichtigsten Sammlungen nordischer Kultur und...

Das Buch ""Das K������nigliche Welfen-Museum zu Hannover im Jahre 1863"" ist im Jahr 1864 von der Hahn'schen Hofbuchhandlung ver������ffentlicht worden. Es beschreibt das k������nigliche Museum in Hannover und gibt einen Einblick in die Sammlungen und...

Das Buch ""Das Germanische Nationalmuseum In Nurnberg (1890)"" von Franz Friedrich Leitschuh ist eine umfassende Beschreibung des Germanischen Nationalmuseums in N�����rnberg. Das Museum wurde im Jahr 1852 gegr�����ndet und ist heute eines der...

Das Buch ""Das Germanische Nationalmuseum: Und Seine Sammlungen: Wegweiser Fur Die Besuchenden"" wurde vom Verlag Germanisches Museum im Jahr 1861 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um einen umfassenden F�����hrer durch das Germanische Nationalmuseum...

This book is an essential guide to cataloguing museum specimens, covering everything from identifying and describing specimens to creating accurate records. With clear instructions and practical advice, this book is a must-have for anyone working in a...

In this pioneering book, Christopher Whitehead provides an overview and critique of art interpretation practices in museums and galleries. Covering the philosophy and sociology of art, traditions in art history and art display, the psychology of the...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book seeks to better understand the processes and influences that have driven professionalization in the arts.

Children are one of the major audiences for museums, but their visits are often seen solely from the point of view of museum learning. In Snapshots of Museum Experience, Will Buckingham draws upon Elee Kirk's research amongst child visitors to the Oxford...

This book critiques modern museologies and curatorial practices that have been complicit in emerging existential crises. It confidently presents novel, more-than-human curatorial visions, methods, frameworks, policies, and museologies radically...

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""Chinese Grave Sculptures of the Han Period"" is a book written by Berthold Laufer in 1911. The book focuses on the artistic and cultural significance of grave sculptures from the Han dynasty in China, which lasted from 206 BCE to 220 CE. The author...

Catalogue Of Cameos, Intaglios, Medals, Bas-Reliefs, Busts And Small Statues (1787) is a book written by Josiah Wedgwood. This book is a comprehensive catalogue of the collection of cameos, intaglios, medals, bas-reliefs, busts, and small statues of the...

Indigenous museums and cultural centres have sprung up across the developing world, and particularly in the Southwest Pacific. They derive from a number of motives, ranging from the commercial to the cultural political (and many combine both). A close...

Memory institutions such as archives, libraries, and museums collect, arrange, describe, and preserve their collections and holdings in order to make them accessible to the community. However, these institutions remain underutilized and are struggling to...

Rhymes of the City of Roses V1 is a book of poetry written by Thomas Boyd Shartle and first published in 1911. The collection of poems is centered around the city of Portland, Oregon, which is known as the ""City of Roses"" due to its abundance of rose...

Sporting Scenes and Country Characters is a book written by Martingale and published in 1840. The book is a collection of short stories and sketches that depict the lives of people living in the English countryside during the 19th century. The stories...

The world-class National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taiwan possesses a repository of the largest collection of Chinese cultural treasures of outstanding quality. Through implementing a two-organizational restructuring, and shifting its operational focus from...

Exhibition Of English Embroidery Executed Prior To The Middle Of The Sixteenth Century is a book written by Albert Frank Kendrick and published in 1905. The book is a detailed and comprehensive guide to English embroidery that was created before the...

Discours Prononc�����s dans les Conf�����rences de l'Acad�����mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1721) est un livre �����crit par Antoine Coypel. Ce livre est une compilation de discours prononc�����s par Coypel lors de conf�����rences de...

""Description of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: Being a Translation of the Tao Shuo (1910)"" by Stephen Wootton Bushell is a comprehensive guide to Chinese ceramics. Originally published in 1910, this book provides a detailed analysis of the history,...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Working with Young Children in Museums makes a major contribution to the small body of extant research on young children in museums, galleries and heritage sites. Bridging theory and practice, the book introduces theoretical concepts in a clear and...

Portraits S�����rieux, Galants et Critiques est un livre �����crit par Pierre Jacques Brillon en 1696. Ce livre contient une collection de portraits de personnalit�����s c�����l�����bres de l'�����poque, tels que des �����crivains, des artistes, des...

Pictures By Old Masters, Loan Collections And Recent Gifts To The Museum, Modern Sculptures, The Cyrus W. Field Collection Of Paintings (1894) is a book published by the Metropolitan Museum Of Art. It is a comprehensive collection of art pieces including...

""Conversaciones sobre la Escultura"" es un compendio hist������rico, te������rico y pr�����ctico sobre la escultura escrito por Celedonio Nicol�����s de Arce y Cacho en 1786. En este libro, el autor recopila una serie de di�����logos entre un maestro y...

Throughout the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, video art as vehicles for social, cultural, and political analysis were prominent within global museum based contemporary art exhibitions. For many, video art during this period stood for contemporary art...

""Modernism and the Vatican"" is a scholarly work written by Adam John Loeppert in 1912. The book explores the conflict between Modernism, a movement that sought to reconcile faith with modern thought, and the Vatican, which saw it as a threat to...

The Arts of Japan is a comprehensive book written by Edward Dillon in 1906. The book explores the rich artistic heritage of Japan, covering a wide range of topics including painting, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, lacquerware, and textiles. The author...

""Proben der Arabischen Dichtkunst"" ist eine Sammlung von Gedichten des ber�����hmten arabischen Dichters Abu Al-Tayyib Ahmad Mutanabbi. Die Gedichte wurden erstmals im Jahr 1765 ver������ffentlicht und sind ein wichtiges Werk der arabischen...

The Official Program of Exercises Incident to the Dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: At East Rock Park, New Haven, Connecticut (1887) is a historical document produced by the Soldiers' Sailors' Monument Committee. The book contains a...

""Il Monumento ad Adelaide Cairoli in Gropello Lomellino: 24 Ottobre 1875"" ����� un libro scritto da Baccio Emanuele Maineri e pubblicato nel 1876. Il libro descrive la costruzione di un monumento dedicato ad Adelaide Cairoli, una figura importante...